Shelter
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- By Athan Papatheodore
- From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
- Paleolithic Food Gathering
- As hunter's and gatherers we had to move a lot to find food which made it to where we had temporary shelters.
- Paleolithic Food Gathering
- We hunted Deer and Elk and we had to travel to hunt for the animals.
- Paleolithic Food Gathering
- We women were usually foraging for food as we traveled from place to place.
- Neolithic Farming
- We learned how to farm to grow crops such as wheat and corn.
- Neolithic people domesticated animals
- We domesticated animals so we did not have to move from place to place to find them for food.
- These changes are important because
- We no longer have to move from place to place to hunt for food.
- These changes are important because
- We no longer have to travel long distances to forage for food.
- Paleolithic Shelters
- We lived in caves, trees, huts, and tepees.
- We made tents out of mammoth bones and straw as temporary shelters while hunting and gathering
- Neolithic Shelters
- Our shelters were made from bricks and mud. These were more permanent shelters
- These changes are important because
- We no longer have to look for new shelter as we move from place to place. Our homes are now permanant
- Paleolithic Communities
- In the paleolithic era our communities were small, sometimes just a few dozen people.
- Neolithic Communities
- These changes are important because
- We now have larger groups to help with our farming, shelter building and hunting.
- Paleolithic Jobs
- Spears, axe, bow and arrows are some of the tools we made to live. These tools helped with hunting animals and cutting wood.
- Paleolithic Jobs
- We weaved baskets using grasses and other plants. This helped when gathering food.
- Neolithic Jobs
- Pottery is my favorite job! I make bowls and other ceramics.
- Neolithic Jobs
- We Neolithic people also farm as a job. We grow and harvest wheat and corn.
- These changes are important because
- We live in densely built settlements in groups of 50 to 300. We even had parents and grandparents.
- These changes are important because
- Paleolithic Trading
- Neolithic Trading
- These changes are important because
- WOW, that's a nice bowl!
- These changes are important because
- We can now make ceramics to eat our food and drink from. My job is important to our community.
- We have a larger community to help with my job so we can grow large crops to feed our larger community.
- Great! I need your spear so we can hunt.
- I'll trade you this spear for your basket so we can gather food.
- I will trade you some obsidian to make stronger blades.
- I will trade you some copper for your obsidian. Mix it with tin and you can make a new metal called bronze!
- With stronger blades we will not have to keep replacing our stone blades
- With bronze, we can build better civilizations. Off to the bronze age!
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